all of these facts were from http://www.funtrivia.com
* elephants are the only animals that can't jump
* Every bird and mammal except the spiny anteater experiences REM (rapid eye movement) sleep
* The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.
* In Disney's 'Aladdin', there is a scene in which Aladdin, posing as 'Prince Ali' is on the balcony of the palace talking to Jasmine when her pet tiger Raja attacks Aladdin. As he is trying to shoo the animal away from him, Jasmine comes out of her room onto the balcony, and in the backround, you can here the whispered words.. 'Good teenagers. Take off your clothes.'
* European explorers asked aborigines what these strange hopping animals were called, and they replied, 'Kanguru,' which meant, 'I Don't understand.' thus resulting in the name kangaroo.
* Many of the animals native to Texas have gone extinct.
* Out of all the animals in Africa, hippos cause the most accidental deaths each year. Hippos run faster than men can and they are very territorial.
* Cats always go to the person who like them least because there is no eye contact made with them. It makes them feel less threathened and renders the person more approachable.
* The animal that can last the longest without drinking water is the Rat.
* When Walt Disney was a child he found an owl and threw it on the ground, stomped on it, killed it, and then buried it. He felt so guilty about it for the rest of his life that he decided to give animals life through his work. |